Derek Souvannavong

With Fujiwara Dance: I Eat the Stars

Dora award-nominated, Derek Souvannavong is a dance artist based in Tkaronto (Toronto) and a graduate of Dance at York University. He has premiered solo work “this identity: woven” co-created with Peggy Baker and co-created solo work “Woven Presence” through mentorship and residency with Peter Chin. Souvannavong has performed in various works by Ballet Creole, Frog in Hand, Ronald Taylor Dance, Rumi Jeraj and worked with artists Danny Grossman, Laurence Lemieux, Tracey Norman, Emily Cheung, Yui Ugai and Newton Moraes. Souvannavong is intrigued by traditional Lao dance forms and continues to explore relations between Lao and western contemporary dance, weaving together his Lao heritage into his work.